Saint Mary’s College of California Looking for Autumn 2023 Adjunct Faculty LDSH 620-01 Full Time

Location: Moraga, CA
Open Date: Jul 06, 2023
Deadline:

Description:Assistant/Associate Adjunct Faculty in the Master of Arts in Leadership program: LDSH 620-01.

Founded in 1863, Saint Mary’s is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary’s currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.

As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary’s offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary’s reputation for excellence, innovation, and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning, and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.

Qualifications:
LDSH 620-01 – Action Learning for Leadership and Change

Dates/Times:

Opening In-person: September 23-24, 2023 (9 am to 5 pm)

Online asynchronous: September 25, 2023 to December 9, 2023

Closing In-person: December 9-10 (9 am to 5 pm)

Workload:

Workload is 4.0 units. This course will be co-taught

Salary: $6,480 – $10,008, per one three unit course, dependent on qualifications. The salary range for this position is covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the College and SEIU, Local 1021, available here

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide participants with assessment, learning, research tools, and practice necessary to effect sustainable and collaborative change in their organizations and communities. The course provides an overview of participatory inquiry strategies that are useful in initiating and sustaining significant change in human systems, ranging from small work units, divisions or whole organizations, and communities. In addition to this overview, participants will learn in greater depth about two specific action research strategies–action inquiry method (AIM) and collaborative inquiry (CI, also known as cooperative inquiry).

Learners are invited to integrate, demonstrate, and synthesize 21st century leadership practices as they carry out an action learning project in which they have a compelling interest. They will design and implement an action learning case-study project using one of the action research methodologies on a topic that addresses a need, problem, issue, opportunity or question within a specific group, institution or community. While drawing on the processes, values, skills, and theories learned so far in the M.A. in Leadership Program, the project offers the opportunity to practice 21st century leadership at the personal and organizational level. The action learning (case study) project serves to enhance learners existing practices of leadership in their lives and work, as well as prepare them for new opportunities to expand their practice of leadership in new roles and fields.

Faculty Requirements:

• Experience teaching online/hybrid courses
• Experience working with learning communities
• Applied knowledge of organization and large systems change
• Deep knowledge of action research methodologies, including Cooperative Inquiry
• Experiences guiding learners in implementing action research projects
• Practical experience fostering transformation in individuals, teams, organizations, and society
• At least one faculty member must have completed IRB Certified Research Personnel “Fastrack” workshop

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/127874jeid-7d75d951a84ff848b7d3886c390755ca